Improvement in ticket-books



FFICE.

PHILIP DEUSNER, JR, OF KOKOMO, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TlCKET-BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,22 l, datedFebruary 13, 1877; application filed October 30, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP DEUSNER, Jr., of Kokomo, Howard county, Stateof Indiana, have invented a new and useful Ticket-Book, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawmgs.

My invention relates to a check-receptacle to be carried in the pocket,and is provided with denominational checks or tickets, to be used moreespecially by railroad-conductors, and is designed to afford a system ofcheck and counter check between the company, the conductors, andpassengers, and to insure the proper return of all money collected bythe conductor; and my invention consists of the construction of thebook, checks, and of the check-card, and the combination of them, aswill hereafter be more fully described, and set forth in the claim.

Figure 1 represents an end view of my improved check-book. Fig. 2represents a plan view of the book open, and shows the arrangement ofchecks upon the check-card.

Fig. 3 represents the manner in which the checks are attached to thecheck-card, and the card attached to the back of the book. Fig. 4 showsan end view of the book open.

A A represent the two covers of the book, which are secured at the backto the slotted wooden strip-D, as shown in the drawings. The woodenstrip D has a slot at d, in its inner side, which extends from end toend of the strip. [11 this slot (1 one edge of the checkcard B isinserted, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, which can be removed and newones inserted when desired. On each side of the card B are attachedchecks 0 C, by means of proper fastenings f, and the checks 0 G areseparated from each other by cutting them, as shown at R R in Fig. 2.The checks are also perforated at a a, so as to allow each separatecheck to be torn off from its stub. The checks (J are arranged indenominational form-that is, each set of checks, as those marked $0.05,No. 0, represent that fractional part of a dollar, and commence with No.0, and then continue numerically as No.0, 1, 2, 3, &c., in accordancewith the number of checks of that denomination that are attached to thecard B. The next set of checks represent ten cents, the next fifteencents, and so on, so as to always allow the conductor a check, or aseries of checks, to the proper amount, to tear out and return to thepassenger who pays him money.

By this arrangement the conductor has his checks charged to him by thecompany, and, when he makes his report, all checks that have beendetached from the check-card must be accounted for. Thus it will be seenthat the conductor is bound to return all money collected by him to thecompany, and he is more liable to be detected it he does not give eachpassenger the proper check for all money paid him.

What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Acheck-book consisting of the covers A A, slotted back D, check-card B,and checks 0 O, constructed and adapted to be used in the manner setforth and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP DEU SN ER, J R. Witnesses E. O. FRINK, E. O. WHITNEY.

